Automatic reversing-gearing.



0. G. PFEIPFER.

AUTOMATIC REVEESING BEARING.

APPLICATION FILED 001215. 1909.

981,940. Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

T E SATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO G. PFEIFFER, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, ASSIGNOR TO STANDARD DEVELOP- MENT COMPANY, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, A CORPORATION OF UTAH.

AUTOMATIC REVERSING-GEARING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, O'rro G. PFEIFFER, citizen of the United States, residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt.Lake and State of Utah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Reversing-Gearing, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to gearing for automatically reversing the motion of driven shafts at predetermined intervals, and the object of this invention is to provide agearing of the character described, particularly adapted to reversing the motion of washing machines], drums and other like apparatus, wherein the direction-of motion of a shaft has to be intermittently changed or reversed.

The object of the invention is to provide a very simple form of automatic intermittent reversing gearing which is certain in its action and which is not likely to get out of order.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, and to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figures 1 and 2 are side views of my improved gearing; Fig. 3 is a top plan view thereof, partly in section; Fig. 4: is a perspective View of one of the parts hereinafter specifically described; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary section of the inner end of one of the levers 13, and the roller carried thereon.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

clutch members being provided with inter-- meshing teeth. The driving shaft 2 is driven in: any suitable mechanism, as by the pulley 1 The'shaft is supported in a hearing l v 5 and carries upon it the bevel eel i.

designates a transverse driven shaft havw ch have engagement with the bevel wheel Each. of the bevel wheels is annularly recessed, as at 8, and located within this recess of each bevel wheel is a split clutch Specification of Letters Patent. Paten' i y Application filed October 15, 1909. Serial No. 522,857.

5 'ng thereon the opposed loose bevel wheels 7* ends of the spokes 11 are the levers 13, these being pivoted at 14. The inner ends of the levers carry a screw 16 supporting the rollers 15. It will be seen that the rollers 15 are opposed to each other on opposite sides of the driven shaft 6 and that when these rollers are forced outward, the levers'13 will be turned and the outer ends thereof forced against the heads 10, thus forcing the clutch sections outward against the rim of the wheel 7. Mounted upon the driven shaft 6, and located between the two bevel wheels 7 is the longitudinally shiftable sleeve 17. The opposite ends of this sleeve are tapering so as to be inserted between and wedge outward the rollers 15 and the levers connected there with. The sleeve 17 is fornied'with a groove 19 in which engages a lever 20 pivoted intermediate its ends. The extremity of the lever has a projecting stud 21. Extending transversely "of the driving shaft is a cam shaft 22 supporting thereon the cam 23 having the cam groove 24 formed on its circumference. The cam groove is not cut in a straight line around the cam, but is displaced for a portion of its length to one side of the center of the cam and for another portion of its length to the other side of the center, thesetwo portions beingconnect by oppositely inclined portions. The stud 21 engages in the cam groove so that as the cam is rotated, the lever 20 will be reciprooated once for each complete revolution of the cam.

Mounted on the cam shaft 22 is the worm wheel 25 which meshes with a worm '26 carried by the driving shaft 2. It will be seen that upon a rotary motion being given to the shaft 2, the wheel 4 will be rotated to transmit motion to the loose bevel wheels 7, but that as these wheels are bothloose upon the driven shaft, no motion will be communicated to the'driven shaft. By meansof the worm 26, motion is given in one direction continuously to the worm gear 25, and this acts to oscillate the lever 20 and thus shift the sleeve 17 into engagement first with the.

clutch'on one of the bevel gears 7, and then into engagement with the clutch on the pposed bevel ar. As the clutches are fast on the shaft 6, it follows that the shaft will be given a rotary motion, first in one direction and then in the other. By reason of the fact that-the clutches used are friction clutches, there will be but a minimum of shock communicated to the shaft 6 upon i '1. The combination with a driving shaft,

a beveled gear wheel thereon and a worm -there0n, of 'a transversely extending driven opposite directions, a gear wheel engaged by 1 shaft, opposite] disposed loose ,gearwheels on the driven siiaft engaging with the gear on the driving shaft, an oppositely disposed clutch mechanism on the driven shaft, adapted when moved in one direction to engage one of the gear wheels with the driven shaft, and when moved in the opposite direction to disengage it therefrom, a shipping lever engaging at one end with the clutch mechanism to shift the clutch mechanism in the worm on the driving shaft, a cam moving, .withthe last named gear wheel and having a cam track formed in its face, said lever being provided with a pin engaging with said cam'track, whereby the lever may be shifted.

2/The combination with a driving shaft and a beveled driving gear wheel thereon, of a driven shaft, oppositely disposed loose gear wheels thereon engaging with the driving gear wheel and each having an annular flange projecting from the inner face thereof, a longitudinally shiftable shipping collar on the driven shaft located between the gear wheels, oppositely disposed hubs on each side ofthe shipping collar and fast to the driven shaft, arms on each hub projecting in opposite directions, resilient ring Sections each attached at one end to the outer end of one of the arms, the free end of each ring section abutting against the fixed endof the other ring section, said sections being surrounded by the said annular flange on the adjacent gear wheel, a

lever pivoted to each one of'the "arms near the extremity thereof, the outer end-of each lever engaging the free end of the adjacent ring section, the inner ends of the levers being engageable by the shipping collar when the latter is shifted, a worm gear on the driving shaft, a gearwheel engaged by the worm gear, a cam movable with the gear Wheel and having a cam track in its face, and a shipping lever engaging at one end with the cam track and at the other end en gaging with the shipping collar.

3. The combination ofv'a driving shaft, a beveled driving gear .tvheel thereon, a driven shaft, and oppositely disposed gear wheels thereon engaging with the driving gear wheel and each having an annular flange projecting from the face thereof, a longitudinally shiftable shipping collar beveled.

on its opposite ends and supported on the driven shaft between the said loose. gear wheels, oppositely disposed hubs on each side of the shipping collar fixed to the driven shaft, arms oneach hub projecting in opposite directions, resilient ring sections each attached at one end to the outer end of one of the arms, the free end of each ring section abutting against the fixed end of the other ring section, said sections fitting within the said annularfiange on the corresponding gear wheel, levers each'pivoted to one of the arms near the ext-remitythereof, the outer end of each lever engaging the free end of the adjacent ringsection, rollers on the inner ends of the levers adapted to be engaged by the beveled extremity of the shipping collar to be forced outward thereby, a worm gear on thedriving shaft, a gear wheel engaged by the worm gear, a camroand at the other end engaging with saidcam track.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OTTO G. PFEIFFER. .[L. s.]

- Witnesses:

EFFIE HILL, H. T. DUKE. 

